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The cutting edge: neurotransmitters and brain tissue transplant
AACN Clinical Issues in Critical Care Nursing
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
Neural tissue transplant represents one of the most exciting and controversial areas of current basic neuroscience research. It offers enormous therapeutic promise for patients with degenerative and traumatic neurologic disorders. This article reviews the functions of several common neurotransmitters and examines the clinical applications of tissue transplant into the human nervous system.